put a gloss on (something)

To make something appear more positive, acceptable, or palatable than it really is. They're putting a gloss on their poor sales figures by claiming that December sales will more than make up the difference. Stop putting a gloss on the failure, Jim—let's just move on.

put a gloss on something

If you put a gloss on a difficult situation, you describe it in a way that makes it seem better than it really is. He obviously tried to put a gloss on the poor sales figures. Yesterday they tried to put a gloss on the Home Office statistics by stressing that recorded crime had stabilised. Note: A gloss is an explanation that is added to a book or other text in order to explain an unfamiliar term. The idea here is that the explanation being given is a misleading one.

词组	put a gloss on (something)
释义	put a gloss on (something) put a gloss on (something) To make something appear more positive, acceptable, or palatable than it really is. They're putting a gloss on their poor sales figures by claiming that December sales will more than make up the difference. Stop putting a gloss on the failure, Jim—let's just move on. See also: gloss, on, put Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. put a gloss on something If you put a gloss on a difficult situation, you describe it in a way that makes it seem better than it really is. He obviously tried to put a gloss on the poor sales figures. Yesterday they tried to put a gloss on the Home Office statistics by stressing that recorded crime had stabilised. Note: A gloss is an explanation that is added to a book or other text in order to explain an unfamiliar term. The idea here is that the explanation being given is a misleading one. See also: gloss, on, put, something Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. See also: put a gloss on something (something) is one thing, (something else) is (quite) another it's one thing to (do sth), it's another thing to (do sth else) it's one thing to (do sth), it's quite another to (do sth else) it's one thing to do A, it's another to do B it's one thing to (do something), it's another to (do something else) put a spin on put a spin on (something) candy-coat whitewash, a
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